On whether he has communicated with Lesnar lately:
“I have not talked to Brock for quite a while, probably months,
months. He really is a recluse -- when it comes to when he’s not in
the limelight, he is gone. He has property in Canada. He has
property obviously in northern Minnesota and he goes hunting in
Wyoming. I mean, the guy, when he’s not doing something, he is with
his family and he’s like an absolute ninja. It’s pretty funny.
Unless there’s training going on, I don’t really talk to him
much.”

On whether Lesnar reached his potential in MMA:
“I’ll tell you this. He was literally one of the best athletes that
I’ve ever worked with. … When he first came to me, he said, ‘Greg,
I know how to wrestle and I’ve been in the entertainment business
now for a number of years. I know how to pull a crowd.’ He goes,
‘But as far as striking and the submissions, I’m a blank book and I
just want to be filled in.’ He was like that; he was like a sponge.
He really likes his training. His format was, if it was on the
board, it wouldn’t matter what it was -- it could be the most crazy
training session ever, but if it was down … he would work it to the
max. It was awesome. I think mentally, the diverticulitis, that was
the big thing [that led to his retirement].”

On whether Lesnar could be successful if he fought
again: “I believe so. If he came back and he was
100-percent mentally in the game, knowing that he could take
whatever it meant to take, he could push himself, he could get hit,
he could whatever -- that was the big thing. When he was mentally
on, I mean, literally, like his moniker when he was a college
wrestler, he was like a freight train. He just was going to go
through anything. If he came back and he was mentally 100-percent
there, I believe physically he still has the gifts and he still has
the ability to improve and to grow, but it’s like anything. The
game is such a mental thing that once that chink in the armor was
there and that kind of embedded itself in his head, I think that
was really the point where it was tough for him.”

On whether Lesnar should return: “If he came back
and he really wanted to train and really wanted to do it and his
heart was in it, it would be great. He was a pleasure to work with
because he was a real professional. You talk about a professional
in training, Brock Lesnar’s a huge professional. When training
starts at 10 o’clock, that means 10 o’clock wrapped, ready and
warming up. … The other thing with Brock is he would pay his
training partners just like boxers pay people to come in, and he
would basically say, ‘You’re like an employee now; you have to be
here. This is a professional thing, and if you don’t, I’ll just let
you go.’ He really does train like a professional. … If his mind’s
into it and he really wants to do it, it’d be great.”